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To Mary Milroy from RH Milroy June 7 1864

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I recd yours of 31st
ult. day before yesterday. I recd .the
package of the letters you sent me. Beard
has not joined me but is on the way .
I hope you have recd my other letters
and the package of $300.00 I sent you
by express – I sent it to Indianapolis
by private conveyance and it was sent by
express from there and the rect sent me.
All of my 100 day Regts. That are
formed have arrived and reported and have been
sent on to different points southward
except two who will go to day and tomorrow.
The Regts that have reported to me are the
132, 133, 134, 135, 136,137 & 138 . But 7
in all . They are trying to form another
at Indianapolis –the 139th and may succeed
but it is somewhat doubtful. I will leave
here today for Tullahoma where my head
quarters will be . I am assigned to the
defence of the Nashville and Chattenooga R.R.
from this place to seven miles this side
of Chattenooga -144 miles . I will have a
number of other troops in my comd besides 100
days men & including two Brig Genls. The 134th
Regt. got off this morning to Bridgeport. This
Regt . is mostly from Lafayette . Lee is in
this Regt. and the boys from Rensselaer and Jasper Co.

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I recd yours of 31st
ult. day before yesterday. I recd .the
package of the letters you sent me. Beard
has not joined me but is on the way .
I hope you have recd my other letters
and the package of $300.00 I sent you
by express – I sent it to Indianapolis
by private conveyance and it was sent by
express from there and the rect sent me.
All of my 100 day Regts. That are
formed have arrived and reported and have been
sent on to different points southward
except two who will go to day and tomorrow.
The Regts that have reported to me are the
132, 133, 134, 135, 136,137 & 138 . But 7
in all . They are trying to form another
at Indianapolis –the 139th and may succeed
but it is somewhat doubtful. I will leave
here today for Tullahoma where my head
quarters will be . I am assigned to the
defence of the Nashville and Chattenooga R.R.
from this place to seven miles this side
of Chattenooga -144 miles . I will have a
number of other troops in my comd besides 100
days men & including two Brig Genls. The 134th
Regt. got off this morning to Bridgeport. This
Regt . is mostly from Lafayette . Lee is in
this Regt. and the boys from Rensselaer and Jasper Co.

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This item is owned by the Jasper County Public Library. Permission to publish or reproduce this item is required and must be obtained from the Director of the Jasper County Public Library, Rensselaer, Indiana. Please visit www.myjcpl.org for more information.